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TODAY WHO TALKED ABOUT
HOW THE SCHOOL CAME TO THIS
DECISION.
THE MOTHER OF JOHN DOE WHO WAS
15 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME SAYS
SHE RECEIVED PHILIP EXETER
ACADEMY'S DECISION TO REMOVE HER
SON FROM SCHOOL THROUGH AN
E-MAIL THIS PAST SUMMER.
THAT AFTER A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL
REPORTED A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER SHE
HAD WITH THE BOY AT SCHOOL.
PHILIP EXETER HIRED A PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR WHO DETERMINED THE
BOY VIOLATED THE SCHOOL'S SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT POLICY.
THE SCHOOL SAYS THE SEXUAL
ENCOUNTER WAS NOT FORCIBLE, BUT
SHE DID NOT CLEARLY CONSENT TO
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.
JOHN DOE'S MOTHER TOLD THE COURT
SHE FEELS AS THOUGH HER SON WAS
TREATED UNFAIRLY AND THAT SHE
AND HER FAMILY RECEIVED LIMITED
INFORMATION DURING THE
INVESTIGATION PROCESS.
SHE SAYS THEY REQUESTED THE
INVESTIGATORS FINAL REPORT BUT
NEVER GOT IT AND IS NOW SEEKING
REIMBURSEMENT FOR ROUGHLY
$121,000, WHICH INCLUDES A YEAR
OF TUITION.
SCHOOLS DEAN OF STUDENTS ALSO
TESTIFIED SAYING SHE MET WITH
BOTH THE BOY AND GIRL AFTER THE
SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WAS REPORTED.
SHE SAYS THE SCHOOL USED A
NONSTANDARD PROCESS IN DEAL WITH
THIS SITUATION, INCLUDING THE
USE OF A TRAINED TITLE 9 SEXUAL
ASSAULT INVESTIGATOR.
SHE SAYS THIS NONSTANDARD
PRACTICE HAS BEEN USED THREE
TIMES BEFORE WITH WITH THE SAME
INVESTIGATOR, AND IN THIS CASE
THE SCHOOL USED THAT PERSON'S
FINAL REPORT TO MAKE THE
DECISION TO KICK THE STUDENT
OUT.
SHE SAYS STAFF ULTIMATELY FELT
THE INVESTIGATION W FAIR.
THE TRIAL WILL BEGIN AGAIN
TOMORROW AT 9:00 A.M., IT IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL